The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-02
AMONG TIE MAGAZINES.
Topics Discussed by Writers for Leading Pc
riOdicals-Some New Literary Ventures.

steamship. which, in these days Of much ocean
travel, is of especial interest After describing
the evolution Of the vessel, from Fu!ton's primi
tive boat to the marvelously swift ''greyhounds"
of the Cunard and LLOYD lines, with their mag
nihcent machinery and perfection of finish. tie
writer says it will be difficult to 60 beyond tne
latter until further change Is accepted to twin
screws. That this change will come 10
pretty sure Ii will hardly DE posi- BILE TO extend
fhe mower with single screw beyond that of tn
"a. 900 horse power already IN the Urn bria aud
Etruria; with twin screws. however it may be
carried much beyond. Their adoption would
mean greater accommodation and comfort, and
less racing of the machinery at sea but, above
all, II would mean greater safety. Under pres
ent circumstances a complete breakdown Of The
machinery of these great ships is a disaster
which may entail delay the least of the diff
culties. No sail power can be given them which
would serve to carry ii EN- into port; they must
lie helpless logs In the water until fortunate
enough TO find a friend to tow them r
at s scarcely possible that both the engines of
a twin screw steamer should be seriously injured
at the same time. so that arrival would be only
slightly delayed in case of damage to the one set
of machinery. In fact, such snip would be
two vessels in one. divided by great Longitude
nal nuikhead from top TO bottom; the polIers'
engines and all the appurtenances OF the one
side being wholly independent Of the other.P
A rather CHASTITY and suggestive accompani-
ment to Commander Chadwck's article is a
tribution entitled "An Ocean Graveyard" the
grave-yar ard being the waters about Sable island.
The chart of wrecks which have occurred there
is not one which should be studied by those CON
templatinR early voyage A most attractive
paper is that on the forests of North America,
by Prof " 5. Shaer. The subject is discussed
from economic and scientific stand point but
with pIcttrresqueness OF style that commends
IL to all classes of readers. The illustrations.
which are particularly fine, include a sketch of
magnificent sycamore tree growing near Wheat
land, Ind. The serial stories, by j >. of Dale.
II. CfBun1er and Harold Frederics sustain their
interest. and the short stories, including the IN
evitsble Southern dialect tale, of more than
average merit. Ihackeray s Letters SO thorough
Is their charm read If thay might have been
addressed to each individual who peruses them.
and VINO was. perhaps. NOT born when they were
written Arlo Bates heaps encouragement upon
Ion musical readers, or those with but a crude
comprehension of tho arr by endeavoring to
prove thai words have no legitimate connection
with music, that those sounds which call for
music, ana that it is only the highest musical
intelligence, only tine unsteady imaginative
nearer who compreh bends and feels that sound
is not alone the framework but the picturs: that
1t is the text OF the book, the tragedy ITSELF in
It's very essence
John Burroughs opens the Popular Science
Monthly for May with an article on the
Natural VS.. the SUPERNATURAL" which is in
tended v3ndlcato his position taken in
former paper Science and Theology" From
the stand point of the scientist, he argues that
there is real conflict between science and
lIgion, between the phy sical order of the world
as revealed to the investigator of its mysteries
and the moral order as disclosed by conscience
He says:
The average mind clings to the mysterious
the supernatural Goethe as lately quoted by
Matthew Arnold, said those who have science
and art have religion; and added let those who
have not science and art have religion, that is,
let them have ths popular faith; let them have
this escape, because the others closed
them. Without any hold upon the ideal. any
insight into the beauty and fitness of things. the
people turn from the tedun. and the grossness
and prosiness of daily lfe to look for the divine
the sacred, the saving, in the wonderful, the
mirac ulous and in that which battles
The disciples Jesus thought of the kingdom
OF heaven as some external condition of
splendor, and pornp. and power which TO be
ushered in by and by bv hosts of trutnpeting
angels, and the Son of Man in great glory. rid
ing upon the clouds, and not for one moment
the still small voice within them. To find the
divine and the helpful in the mean and familiar,
to find religion without the aid of any super
natural machinery, TO see the spiritual, the
eternal life In and through the life that now IS
in short, to see the rude, prosy earth star
in the heavens, like the rest. is indeed the les
son Of all others the hardest to learn.
But we must learn it sooner or later. There
surely comes time when the mind perceives
that this world IS the work of God also, and not
of devils. and that in the order of nature we
God is here and now in the humblest and most
familiar fact. sleepless and active he
was in old Judea."
Among other topics discussed in this number
1.-THE Present Status of the Greek CUES
tion." ''The Suns Hunt" Creation Evolu-
tion," Origin Of Comets and Meteors"-this by
Prof Richard A. Proctor-and "Hygiene a
Basis of Morals"
Home knowledge is new monthly published
W L
tion and edited by Robert a. Gum. the object
of which, as explained by an elaborate saluta
tory, is to ''popularize such scientific knowledge
as shall tend to improve the physical, social and
moral conditions of mankind" Judging by the
list of contents the editor proceeds upon the
very sound theory that the soc1al and moral con-
dtions depend upon the physical state and that
the latter should be adjusted first. Aside from
some purely literary topics. the subjects dis
cussec are heredty. good health, society, expert
ence OF IA bald headed man, how much TO sleep,
use and abuse of tea and hygienic morality. The
bald headed mans experience, 1T may be men
toned for the benefit of the unfortunate fra
ternity, consisted of a persistent and regular
application of coal oil to bare scalp for period
of eighteen months, at the end of which time
hair began TO sprout and now grows luxuriantly
The new magazine could offer better excuse
for its being than the publication of the emf
nenty sensible and practical contribution by
Julian hawthorne on hygiene morality. The
writer, after commenting upon the recent boom
in gymnasiums and the fact that many men and
women have neither time opportunity to see
the nsids of such institutions, undertakes to
show how the physical health be improved
several hundred per without the use of
dumb. bells clubs or weights. This is 10 be ac-
complished. be declares, by special attention to
the stomach, the lungs and the skin. The nature
of this case no describes ia detail and makes a
very good His paper IS one which. at least,
deserves a reading by svery person of sedentary
occupation.
The fret number of the Writer, "a monthly
magazine for literary workers" comes from
Boston where it has been established by some
benevolent newspaper meu who were moved
by the anxiety of innumerable host of outsiders
to get into priat to their relief in this
way. Tho scope OF the new venture may be
indicated by the table OF contents, which is as
follows How l Write Ny Sermons q con-
fession by Rev NJ. j. Savage; The Art of In
ferxie wing. p .AdNlce To NeMsnanar Cnrrasnnnd-